After dodging accusations of resume padding, Yahoo's barely-there CEO Scott Thompson announced over the weekend that he is stepping down from the post he's held for barely four months. While Yahoo declined to give a reason for Thompson's departure, the Wall Street Journal reports that his decision to leave the company was at least partially influenced by a recent thyroid cancer diagnosis. more ›

After Yahoo stakeholders at activist hedge fund Third Point called out Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson for a padded resume last week, Thompson has taken to pleading ignorance in the matter. His latest defense claims he never actually submitted a resume for the gig or faked a degree. Actually, he has no idea how that extra Computer Science degree got on there. more ›

Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson may not be quite the academic he professed to be. The excitedly-punctuated Sunnyvale company admitted today that, just four months into Thompson's tenure, their CEO's resume listed a degree in Computer Science that the executive never received during his time as an undergrad at Stonehill College. more ›

After a four-month search, teetering tech company Yahoo announced their new CEO today, Scott Thompson, the president of eBay's PayPal division. Thompson follows feisty and f-word friendly Carol Bartz, who was released from her duties in September. According to Wired, Thompson "has his work cut out for him." more ›

The closing act of 2008's SF Sketchfest brought the prize of two nights with The Kids In The Hall. This legendary Canadian sketch troupe whose deranged, ribald, brilliant humor has scarred the minds of a generation through stage and screen came to Sketchfest as revered elders. more ›